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869. Outbreak of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) in a Hematology Unit Identified Through Whole Genome Sequencing

BACKGROUND: VREfm is a major cause of Hospital Acquired Infection in the United States. We analyzed all the VREfm infections that occurred in our institution between 2018 and 2019 using Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) to understand epidemiological relationship between previously unidentified clusters....

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Autores principales: Krishnan, Gayathri, Udaondo, Zulema, Jun, Se-Ran, Kothari, Atul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776213/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1058